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H6862 צַר (tsar) tsar
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

or tsar {tsawr}; from 6887; narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in 6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)

KJV Usage: adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

צַר (tsar) — narrow. narrow, tight

צַר (tsar) — distress. straits, distress

צַר (tsar) — enemy. adversary, foe, enemy, oppressor

צַר (tsar) — hard. hard pebble, flint

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

adj · צֹר · צְרֹור · צרר

Little

narrow = state in which an object is relatively small in size, ≈ with the connotation of being too small to be able to do what it is intended for, and with trouble

NUM 22:26 · 2KI 6:1 · JOB 41:7 · PRO 23:27 · ISA 49:20 · ISA 59:19

Lax

small = state in which a certain quality is small in intensity

PRO 24:10

Unsafe | ≠ רַחַב

distress = a process by which humans go through extremely difficult circumstances, resulting in severe anxiety, ◄ as if one were confined to a narrow and cramped space from which there is no escape

DEU 4:30 · 1SA 2:32 · 2SA 22:7 · 2CH 15:4 · EST 7:4 · JOB 7:11 · JOB 15:24 · JOB 36:16 · JOB 36:19 · JOB 38:23 · PSA 4:2 · PSA 18:7 · PSA 32:7 · PSA 66:14 · PSA 106:44 · PSA 107:2 · PSA 107:6 · PSA 107:13 · PSA 107:19 · PSA 107:28 · PSA 119:143 · ISA 5:30 · ISA 25:4 · ISA 26:16 · ISA 30:20 · ISA 63:9 · JER 48:5 · LAM 1:20 · HOS 5:15

Enemies | ≈ איב · קום עַל · רדף · שׂנא

adversary primarily used in poetry: = person that opposes other people and so is a cause of distress to others

GEN 14:20 · NUM 10:9 · NUM 24:8 · DEU 32:27 · DEU 32:41 · DEU 32:43 · DEU 33:7 · JOS 5:13 · 2SA 24:13 · 1CH 12:18 · 1CH 21:12 · EZR 4:1 · NEH 4:5 · NEH 9:27 · NEH 9:27 · EST 7:6 · JOB 6:23 · JOB 16:9 · JOB 19:11 · PSA 3:2 · PSA 13:5 · PSA 27:2 · PSA 27:12 · PSA 44:6 · PSA 44:8 · PSA 44:11 · PSA 60:13 · PSA 60:14 · PSA 74:10 · PSA 78:42 · PSA 78:61 · PSA 78:66 · PSA 81:15 · PSA 89:24 · PSA 89:43 · PSA 97:3 · PSA 105:24 · PSA 106:11 · PSA 107:2 · PSA 107:2 · PSA 108:13 · PSA 108:14 · PSA 112:8 · PSA 119:139 · PSA 119:157 · PSA 136:24 · ISA 1:24 · ISA 9:10 · ISA 26:11 · ISA 59:18 · ISA 63:18 · ISA 64:1 · JER 30:16 · JER 46:10 · JER 50:7 · LAM 1:5 · LAM 1:5 · LAM 1:7 · LAM 1:7 · LAM 1:10 · LAM 1:17 · LAM 2:4 · LAM 2:17 · LAM 4:12 · EZK 30:16 · EZK 39:23 · AMO 3:11 · MIC 5:8 · NAM 1:2 · ZEC 8:10

noun m · צֹר

Stone

flint = extremely hard type of stone that leaves sharp edges when fractured; ► can be used as knife; ≈ associated with an inflexible attitude

ISA 5:28

1 JOB 41:7 MT HOTTP-B RSV NRSV "closely" NIV "tightly" NJPS "binding" NJB "firmly" = [1b] | REB חֹומַת צֹר "wall of flint" = [2a] 2 PSA 107:2 RSV NRSV CEV "trouble" NJPS "adversity" = [1c] | NIV "foe" NJB REB GNT "enemies" = [1d]

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

צַר adj. narrow, tight base

צַר n.[m.] straits, distress base

צַר 68 n.m. adversary, foe base

צַר n.[m.] hard pebble, flint;—Is 5:28 ref

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